transcript: I'm Coyote Peterson and that is the
North American porcupine as you can see, he's covered in quills. Get ready... we're about to enter the SPIKE ZONE! this morning the crew and I
fueled up and set off down rugged mountain roads into the high country of
Montana where we would get the chance to work
with one of the most common and proudly the second largest rodent in North American the porcupine. Now this is true porcupine territory right here all these tall pines... hillsides perfect place for them to be rummaging around and all
this loose soil for roots and berries and all sorts of
delicious porcupine treats these black and white forest dwellers may
look adorable and cuddly but as we all know and I was about to
experience their equipped with nature's reactive armor
just beneath a layer sensitive guardhairs you will find thousands a barbed quills
that will make any would be predator think twice about considering the
porcupine for an entree. Now I've never seen a porcupine before in
the wild and I've never worked with a porcupine So for me this is gonna be a really unique
experience. The reason I'm able to get so close to this porcupine is because it was actually raised in captivity
so this little guy's used to being around humans and sometimes cameras this is the second
largest rodent that lives in North America trumped only by its
aquatic cousin the beaver now porcupines have incredible claws they've four claws on the front and
actually a vestigial thumb which allows them to quickly climb up
trees to evade predators you can't get to a tree in time what they
do is exactly this show the rump side and all those quills you
get your nose close to that and it's gonna be a face full of spikes. Today
my goal is to intentionally get quilled by a Porcupine yes you heard me right I'm going to get
quilled by a porcupine I'm going to show you the right way to
remove these painful barbed quills from either yourself or in most cases from snout of your
curious pet Now I'm being told that when I perform this
example I'm gonna get close to forty or fifty quills in the back of my
hand I hope you guys enjoy this at home this one no way cause any harm to the
porcupine their quills are nothing more than modified hairs and they continually grow over the life
the animal the only one who's going to experience any discomfort is me. Tell you where you don't wanna get quelled... in
the face that would be pretty bad Alright, what I want to do is agitate those
guardhairs and then he should trust his tail up into my hand. Alight are you ready? I love how I get
myself into these things... one, two, ouch yep! there we go that's a hand full of quills.
now the ones on the top of my hand really aren't that bad it's those ones
right there you see how deep those are into my finger? It
hurts to move my finger right now I mean I think they touch bone. It hurts a lot, um I think most of them are going to be
pretty easy to get out those two are going to be extremely painful. Well I
got a handful the quills here from my little friend the porcupine right
there, I'm gonna show you guys how to get these out of either your hand or
your dog have a feeling this is gonna be pretty
painful. Alright come on lets go... The one in my finger hurts sooo bad right now now it's most likely that your dog is
gonna get quilled by a Porcupine and you know you might think I'm just
gonna pull that quill straight-out thats no gonna work these have microscopic barbs
on the end and one of the cool techniques of the porcupine quill is that once it's
in there it works deeper and deeper and deeper so want to get these out as quick as you
possibly can. Now I never recommend that you go out and get yourself quilled by
a Porcupine and the reason that I did this today was to show you how to remove quills from
your hand and the reason that I snipped off the tops of all the quills is that actually releases pressure inside of the quill, relaxes the barbs and now they should release out my hand a
bit easier now what I want to do is gently grab the
quills twist them and pull straight up. I'm gonna remove the
ones aren't as deep first. I wanna get all those barbs and those little points out of there because they
can cause an infection and that's the last thing that I want to happen. If you were a mountain lion a bear or a coyote and you got a face full of
these quills I mean its debilitating I can barely move my hand
and these animals wouldn't be able to then go out and continue hunting I can see why eventually this could cause a large predator like
that to die wow my hand hurts... okay these are the
last three its not like a bandaid and don't just pull it off. You just pull these out it gonna rip all the skin out with it because those tiny little microscopic barbs okay I'm gonna twist and pull straight up thats the goal ahhh geez! Ah you can see the blood pouring out now ...you get that shoot with the
blood? on my gosh yeah that really hurt... you good? oh my gosh... ah my gosh that real I'm like...it was like I could feel it
pulling all the way out through the skin ouch! oh my goodness wow i mean that was buried into my hand up to the white that is a serious quill in my coyote paw moral of this story do not get quilled by a
Porcupine I hope you guys learn something here today
if you are ever quilled snip off the top it will release the pressure
grab twist and pull it out. I'm Coyote Peterson be
brave stay wild we'll see on the next
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montana where we would get the chance to work
with one of the most common and probably the second largest bro North American the porcupine best report
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this loose soil for our fruits and berries and also to
delicious porcupine treats these black and white for strollers may
look adorable and cuddly but as we are now and I was about to
experience there quipped with nature's reactive armor
just beneath a layer sensitive gardeners you will find thousands a bar quills
that will make any would be prouder think twice about considering the
porcupine for an entree now I've never seen a porcupine before in
the wild and for work with the porch answer for me this can be really unique
experience out the reason I'm able to get so close to this porcupine his cousins actually raised in captivity
so this will guys used to being around humans and sometimes cameras this is the second
largest rodent that lives in North America trumped only by its
quite a cousin the beaver now pretty much have incredible clause they got four claws on the front and
actually a vestige of our which allows them to quickly climb up
trees to evade predators you can't get to a tree in time but they
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my goals to intentionally get grilled by Porcupine yes you heard me right I'm going to get
killed by a porcupine I'm going to show you the right way to
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porcupine dick wilson nothing more the modified hairs and they continually grow over the life
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pulling all the way out through the skin have mom good news wow i mean that was buried in my hand up to the white that is a serious quill in my carry potty our moral this story do not kick well by
Porcupine have you guys learn something here today
you are ever quelled step up top will release the pressure
grab twist pull it out i can't. Peter sent be
brave stay while will see on the next
adventure home home that you thought that was one wild
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and don't forget subscribe to follow me in the crew on this season of Breaking trail this
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